MikeMac999

MikeMac999 t1_iv6rnat wrote

I’m not claiming anything; I agree that the election was decided correctly. My point, and this was a tangential thing anyway, was that it was at least understandable why people would feel that way. The law doesn’t support them but more people voted against him so at least there’s a logic to it. Trumps claim of winning in 2020 is based on nothing more than his desire to remain in office, even his henchman Barr said there was nothing to support that.

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MikeMac999 t1_iv68hk9 wrote

Obviously, but that is the concept behind the illegitimacy of Trump’s term, he did not have a winning percentage of the voting population behind him, he simply benefited from the deeply flawed electoral college, gerrymandering etc.

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MikeMac999 t1_iv65sxy wrote

Gore admitted defeat for the good of the country, even though his case was not built on lies the way Trumps is. Calling Trump an illegitimate president has roots in issues with the electoral college vs Trump not winning the majority of the popular vote; easy enough to disagree with perhaps but again at least it’s based on rational argument and not willful deception. And while I’m far from a Biden fan, he’s not trying to take away your choice, you are free to vote for whomever you like, he’s just making it clear what the very likely consequences of giving the republicans the keys to our elections will be. I can’t say the dems have been terribly inspiring, but the alternative means the very real possibility of permanently rigged elections.

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MikeMac999 t1_iv5ofxq wrote

Have you paid any attention to the voter suppression efforts on the right? Trump himself has said that if everyone who could vote did vote, there would never be another republican elected to office. Combine that with election deniers in positions of voting authority in red states. So no, this is not a ridiculous argument at all, as much as I wish it was.

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MikeMac999 t1_iv5f7ca wrote

I’m not party affiliated, I lean left but occasionally I feel the right offers a better candidate. I’m not impressed by anyone in the current cycle but this year it’s an easy choice: dems across the board regardless of what I think about them. Choose republican and it might be the last real choice you get to make if they win.

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